dialogue 1
C: my mp3 player is broken, so I want to change it for an mp4 player. Can you offer any advice about which brand and model to buy?
我的mp3坏了,想换个mp4.你能给点意见吗,买什么牌子什么型号比较好.
J: an mp4 player? why don't you buy a new cell phone? You can find an mp4 player inside any of the latest cell phones.
mp4?为什么不买个新的手机呢?现在新出的手机里面都带mp4.
C: Oh, that's a good idea. Perhaps I should have a try.
恩,是个好主意.也许我该试试.
J: look at my cell phone. I can lsiten to music, watch movies, take pictures, play games, surf the web and download decuments. It's just like a PDA.
看看我的手机,可以听歌,看电影,拍照,玩游戏,上网,下载文件,跟掌上电脑差不多.
C: that's cool. I can use the computer and the internet pretty well, but I'm a little bit slow in the latest trends of digital products.
真酷.电脑和网络我都能玩得很好,对电子产品的最新潮流可就有点迟钝了.
J: that's Ok. you know, digital devices are becoming smaller and easier to carry, and they won't cost you too much.
没事,现在的电子产品越来越小,特别好携带,而且也不是很贵.
C: yeah, if I buy a cell phone like this, I don't have to take a music player everywhere I go, and I can save the cost of buying an extra mp4.
恩,如果我买一个像你这样的手机,就不用随身带着mp4了,还省下了买mp4的钱.
J: that's right. what's the flash memory of your old mp3?
对啊.你原来的MP3内存是多少?
G: 256MB.
256兆.
J: then any cell phone can meet your need because they generally have memories of over 512MB.
现在一般的手机内存都在512兆以上,能够满足你的储存要求.
dialogue 2
C: what's wrong with you? Why do you look so sad?
你怎么了,看起来很伤心的样子?
J: I've lost all my files from the computer. It's a total disaster.
我电脑里所有的数据都丢了.这简直是个灾难.
C: How did that happen?
怎么回事啊?
J: three days ago, my laptop went on strike. I couldn't enter the Windows system. As I was about to give it up, one of my friends advised me to start Windows in the safe mode.
三天前,我的电脑突然罢工了,没法进入windows操作系统.就在我快要放弃的时候,有个朋友建议我用安全模式启动电脑.
C: was it helpful?
有用吗?
W: yeah, I could barely get it started using the safe mode, but when the computer was connected to the internet, its hard disk roared a harsh rasping sound. After a while, it crashed into a coma.
有用,我用安全模式勉强打开了电脑,但一联上互联网硬盘就发出一种刺耳的声音,过了一会儿,就彻底崩溃了.
C: what a pity!
真可惜啊!
W: yeah, I can buy a new computer, but the digital data can never be restored. My digital photos vanish forever. Audio recordings of Grandpa are slienced forever.
是啊,电脑可以买一个新的,可电脑里存储的电子资料没法恢复了.我的照片不见了,录下来的爷爷的声音也听不到了.
C: that's such a big loss.
损失可真大啊.
J: perhaps I should be blamed for simply taking it for granted that the digital will always be in safe hands. I've neglected the potential risk of losing it.
也许应该怪我,一直理所应当地认为电子数据存在电脑里就很安全,忽视了潜在的危险.
C: don't blame yourself. We all make the same mistake. The digital information we all rely on is actually very fragile.
这不怪你.我们都会犯这样的错.我们信赖的电子信息实际上很脆弱啊.